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MICS 2001 Paper Submission Guidelines
Papers for the proceedings must be submitted as an e-mail attachment to fienup@cs.uni.edu by March 1, 2001. These attachments (in order of preference) can be submitted in either PDF format, rich-text format, Microsoft Word, or post-script. Please follow the formatting instrucitons listed below. Follow the "Sample paper" link for an example that follows these guidelines.
Format your paper use APA style. For assistance with the APA style, see: www.ma.psu.edu/~malc/apamla.html, www.library.pima.edu/apa.htm, or http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html .
| Page Properities | |
| Margins: | Left: 1 ½ inches Right, Top, Bottom: 1 inch |
| Page limit | 15 pages |
| Page size | 8 ½ x 11 inches |
| Page numbers | none |
| Heading Style | |
| Title | center, bold, 16 point, word capitalized, two blank lines following |
| Author name | center, bold, 12 point (if more than one author, place a blank line between each) |
| Department | center, bold, 12 point |
| Institution | center, bold, 12 point |
| center, bold, 12 point | |
| Abstract Style | |
| Abstract heading | "Abstract" left justify, bold, 14 point, 2 blank lines after last author, and one blank line following |
| Abstract body | left justify, 12 point, 150 words or less, single spaced, blank line between paragraphs |
| Body Properities | |
| Justification | left, begin body on a new page |
| Font | Times, 12 point |
| Columns | one |
| Spacing | non-indented, single-spaced, blank line between paragraphs |
| Emphasis | italics |
| Headers | |
| Level 1 | left justify, bold, 14 point, 2 blank lines before, 1 blank line following |
| Level 2 | left justify, bold, 12 point, 2 blank lines before, 1 blank line following |
| Level 3 | left justify, bold, italic, 14 point, 2 blank lines before, 1 blank line following |
| Tables and Figures | |
| Placement | center, with blank line before and after the table or figure |
| Table heading | center, the header text: "Table n: description" over the table |
| Figure label | center, the text: "Figure n: description" under the figure |
| Endnotes | |
| Endnote heading | "References", using Level-1 header style |
| Endnotes | Insert "[n]" (without quotas) into the text where n is the number of the endnote. Place referenced information under the Reference section use APA style. |
| Acknowledgements (Optional) | |
| Heading | "Acknowledgements", using Level-1 header style, placed 2 blank lines after the last endnote |
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